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20160328upc_cover61404-postal.qxd 3/8/2016 6:53 PM Page 1 March 28, 2016 $4.99 The Cllown Prince DONALD TRUMP & THE 2016 RACE DAVID FRENCH N RAMESH PONNURU REIHAN SALAM N KEVIN D. WILLIAMSON THE EDITORS www.nationalreview.com base_milliken-mar 22.qxd 5/11/2015 1:07 PM Page 2 base_milliken-mar 22.qxd 5/11/2015 1:07 PM Page 3 TOC_QXP-1127940144.qxp 3/9/2016 2:39 PM Page 1 Contents MARCH 28, 2016 | VOLUME LXVIII, NO. 5 | www.nationalreview.com ON THE COVER Page 30 The Father-Führer Charles C. W. Cooke on NASCAR The white American underclass is in p. 35 thrall to a vicious, selfish culture whose main products are misery and used heroin needles. Donald Trump’s BOOKS, ARTS speeches make them feel good. So & MANNERS does OxyContin. What they need isn’t 40 A TURNING POINT FOR analgesics, literal or political. They CONSERVATIVES Henry Olsen reviews Why the need real opportunity, which means Right Went Wrong: that they need real change, which Conservatism from Goldwater to the Tea Party and Beyond, means that they need U-Haul. Kevin D. Williamson by E. J. Dionne Jr. COVER: ROMAN GENN 42 THE CRITIC’S ART Elizabeth Powers reviews Better Living through Criticism: How ARTICLES to Think about Art, Pleasure, Beauty, and Truth, by A. O. Scott. 18 NEVER TRUMP by Ramesh Ponnuru Politics and principle alike provide reasons to oppose him. 44 INSIDE THE MASTER TRUMP’S TENT REVIVAL by David French Lauren Weiner reviews 20 Autobiographies, by Henry James. Evangelicals are supporting the mogul, but far from monolithically. BEYOND THE WALL by Reihan Salam 45 THE REAL LAND OF 22 ILLUSIONS On immigration from Mexico, Trump is not entirely wrong. Peter Tonguette reviews West of SOVEREIGNTY ASSAULTED by John R. Bolton & John Yoo Eden: An American Place, 25 by Jean Stein. Will the Constitution be cast aside in favor of international law? FREEDOM U by Jay Nordlinger 47 FILM: TESTIMONY FROM HELL 27 Ross Douthat reviews Son of Saul. A unicorn of a university in Central America. FEATURES SECTIONS 30 THE FATHER-FÜHRER by Kevin D. Williamson Chaos in the family, chaos in the state. 4 Letters to the Editor BLACK VOTERS, TOO, WANT A CHOICE, NOT AN ECHO by Theodore Johnson 6 The Week 33 The Long View . Rob Long The GOP and conservative principles can supply the lack. 38 39 Athwart . James Lileks 35 NASCAR NATION by Charles C. W. Cooke 43 Poetry . Len Krisak Americans love the speedway, even if elites don’t. 48 Happy Warrior . Sonny Bunch NATIONAL REVIEW (ISSN: 0028-0038) is published bi-weekly, except for the first issue in January, by N ATIONAL REVIEW, Inc., at 215 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10016. Periodicals postage paid at New York, N.Y., and additional mailing offices. © National Review, Inc., 2016. 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